officialLanguage

P236
predicate

Indicates that a particular language has been formally designated by an authority as the official language used for government, legal, or administrative purposes in a given jurisdiction.

All labels observed (178)

Label Occurrences
officialLanguage canonical 23,795
hasOfficialLanguage 16,380
languageOfAdministration 2,109

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: officialLanguage
Generated description
Indicates that a particular language has been formally designated by an authority as the official language used for government, legal, or administrative purposes in a given jurisdiction.

Sample triples (46,259)

Subject Object
Karad Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Economic, Social and Cultural Council Arabic
Economic, Social and Cultural Council English
Economic, Social and Cultural Council French
Economic, Social and Cultural Council Portuguese
Economic, Social and Cultural Council Spanish
Economic, Social and Cultural Council Kiswahili
Saipan English
Saipan Chamorro
Saipan Carolinian
Nashik Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
Kinmen Mandarin Chinese
Leyte Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
Leyte English
Florida Department of Health English
Kyivan Rus Old East Slavic
Holy Mountain Greek via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tenjo Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Albuquerque English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Raichur Kannada
Caguas, Puerto Rico Spanish
Caguas, Puerto Rico English
Hainan Standard Chinese
Qajar Iran Persian language
surface form: Persian
Nouvelle-Aquitaine French
All-China Women's Federation Standard Chinese
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Chinese
The Supreme Court
surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
English
Terengganu Malay
Secretariat of the East African Community English
Secretariat of the East African Community Swahili language
surface form: Kiswahili
Secretariat of the East African Community French
Pakhto Afghanistan via predicate surface "officialLanguageOf"
Voies navigables de France French
Châteauroux French
government of American Samoa English
government of American Samoa Samoan language
surface form: Samoan
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Niue Niueans
surface form: Niuean
Niue English
Tanta Arabic
Brandenburg German via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Caparrapí Spanish via predicate surface "officialLanguageCountry"
Najran Region Arabic
Hauts-de-France French
Parliament Building of Quebec French via predicate surface "officialLanguageOfProceedings"
state of Quintana Roo
surface form: Quintana Roo
Spanish
International Federation of Catholic Universities English
International Federation of Catholic Universities French
International Federation of Catholic Universities Spanish